Blessed experiences : genuinely southern, proudly black / James E. Clyburn ; foreword by Alfre Woodard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clyburn, James E., 1940-

Contributor:

Woodard, Alfre, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clyburn, James E., 1940-.

Clyburn, James E.

United States. Congress. House--Biography.

United States.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

African Americans--South Carolina--Biography.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Place of Publication:

Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From his humble beginnings in Sumter, South Carolina, to his prominence on the Washington, D.C., political scene as the third highest-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn has led an extraordinary life. In Blessed Experiences, Clyburn tells in his own inspirational words how an African American boy from the Jim Crow-era South was able to beat the odds to achieve great success and become, as President Barack Obama describes him, ""one of a handful of people who, when they speak, the entire Congress listens.""Born in 1940 to a civic-minded beautician

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Chronology""; ""PART ONE: Blessed by Experiences""; ""1. Conversations with a Former President""; ""2. Courting the Superdelegates""; ""PART TWO: A Blessed Beginning""; ""3. Inherited Values""; ""4. A World without Blinders""; ""5. The Young Clyburns""; ""PART THREE: Finding My Way""; ""6. Into the Streets""; ""7. Back to the Basics""; ""PART FOUR: The Charleston Shuffle""; ""8. Two Steps to the West""; ""9. Two Steps to the East""; ""10. Two Steps Forward""; ""11. One Step to the Rear""

""PART FIVE: Making History""""12. Trailblazer""; ""13. Myth Buster""; ""PART SIX: A Racial Arbiter""; ""14. The Chester Controversy""; ""15. The Citadel Confrontation""; ""16. The Conway Crisis""; ""17. The Confederate Battle Flag""; ""PART SEVEN: Coming to Grips with Reality""; ""18. A Day of Reckoning""; ""19. Reaffirming My Goals""; ""PART EIGHT: The Dream Realized""; ""20. Deciding to Run for Congress""; ""21. Adventures in Campaigning""; ""22. Primary Election Day, 1992""; ""23. General Election, 1992""; ""PART NINE: Mr. Clyburn Goes to Washington""; ""24. Arriving in Congress""

""25. Playing Hardball Clinton Style""""26. My First Bill""; ""27. Building Friendships""; ""PART TEN: Treading and Toiling""; ""28. Wandering in the Wilderness""; ""29. Principles above Politics""; ""30. Service above Self""; ""PART ELEVEN: The Age of Obama""; ""31. 3-V Day: Victory, Validation, Vindication""; ""32. Barack and Me""; ""33. Reforming Health Care""; ""34. Reducing the Deficit""; ""PART TWELVE: Blessed by the Past""; ""35. Genuinely Southern""; ""36. Proudly Black""; ""Epilogue""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""

""M""""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781611173383

1611173388

OCLC:

870994594